Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Education > Adult literacy rate > Total
DEFINITION:
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 93 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Seychelles | 91.84 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 91.4 | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Lesotho | 89.5 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | South Africa | 89 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88.3 | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Namibia | 88.2 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Mauritius | 87.5 | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Gabon | 87 | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Swaziland | 86.5 | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Kenya | 86.5 | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Cape Verde | 84.1 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Botswana | 83.3 | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Cameroon | 75.9 | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Uganda | 74.6 | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Comoros | 73.6 | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Malawi | 72.8 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Tanzania | 72.6 | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Zambia | 70.7 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Madagascar | 70.68 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Rwanda | 70.3 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Angola | 69.6 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Sudan | 69.3 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66.6 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Burundi | 65.9 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Ghana | 65.8 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Eritrea | 65.3 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Togo | 64.9 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Nigeria | 60.1 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Liberia | 58.1 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Mauritania | 56.8 | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.6 | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Central African Republic | 54.6 | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Mozambique | 54 | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 51 | 2008 | ||
| 36 | The Gambia | 45.3 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Senegal | 41.89 | 2006 | ||
| 38 | Benin | 40.8 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 39.8 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Guinea | 38 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Ethiopia | 35.9 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Chad | 32.7 | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 28.73 | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Niger | 28.67 | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Mali | 26.18 | 2006 |
